GOING OUT

Duke Special is making a long awaited return to Sligo this weekend to perform as part of The Model’s opening music season. The extra-ordinary show planned for this Sunday June 6th at The Model is a two-part extravaganza with Duke featuring work from his most recent projects which should sound fantastic in The Model’s new performance space.

Sligo ears will be no stranger to the sounds of Duke Special as he first made an appearance at the Sligo Live festival in 2006 and again in 2007 following the overwhelming response to his first show the year before.

Duke Special is an artist with a unique sound, often referred to as “vaudeville.” His songs are shaped by an omnipresent piano, harps, brass, strings and—his trademark on stage—an old gramophone. The result are very romantic and passionate little hymns with the Duke’s soft vocals. Since the release of Songs From The Deep Forest, Duke Special has toured across Ireland, the UK and Europe.

From headlining a packed-to-the-rafters Shepherds Bush Empire in London to stage diving at Electric Picnic, hosting five nights back-to-back at Belfast’s Empire Music Hall to appearing as a special guest performer at the Cannes Film Festival, being twice nominated for the Choice Music Prize for Album of the year, Duke Special has come further than he ever imagined he might. Duke Special’s immense creative talents have seen him writing the theme tune for Sesame Tree—the Northern Ireland edition of Sesame Street—where he also got to sing with The Muppets in the final episode. He recently created a night of song and theatre in the Spiegeltent for the Dublin Fringe Festival and performed his songs accompanied by a 60 piece strong RTE Symphony Orchestra at a sold out show in Dublin’s National Concert Hall.

His new project: A Book, The Stage & The Silver Screen has just been released as a triple CD set.

Duke Special and his band play at The Model on Sunday 6th June. Tickets are €25 and available from The Model’s Box Office on 071-914 1405 or by emailing tickets@modelart.ie or on Tickets.ie.